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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the PublicUtility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
J.J. Cramer & Co.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Cramer, Berkowitz & Company, 100 Wall Street
(Street)
New York NY 10005
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Fairchild Corporation, FA
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement of Month/Year
December 1998
5. If Amendment, Date or Original (Month/Year)
1/8/99
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give title Other
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7. Individual or Join/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I-- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) Date action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ------------- ------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) (A) Month Indirect Owner-
Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) ship
(D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 12/1/98 P 39,500 A 15.897
Class A Common Stock 12/2/98 P 11,200 A 15.435
Class A Common Stock 12/3/98 P 12,000 A 15.060
Class A Common Stock 12/4/98 P 25,000 A 15.110
Class A Common Stock 12/7/98 P 50,000 A 14.659
Class A Common Stock 12/8/98 P 2,500 A 15.310
Class A Common Stock 12/9/98 P 9,000 A 15.310
Class A Common Stock 12/10/98 P 46,000 A 15.010
Class A Common Stock 12/11/98 P 13,500 A 15.042
Class A Common Stock 12/14/98 P 25,000 A 15.060
Class A Common Stock 12/15/98 P 42,600 A 14.748
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1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) Date action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ------------- ------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) (A) Month Indirect Owner-
Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) ship
(D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 12/15/98 P 41,700 A 14.653
Class A Common Stock 12/16/98 P 6,000 A 14.698
Class A Common Stock 12/17/98 P 500 A 14.810
Class A Common Stock 12/18/98 P 19,000 A 14.534
Class A Common Stock 12/21/98 P 30,000 A 14.706
Class A Common Stock 12/22/98 P 11,000 A 14.560
Class A Common Stock 12/23/98 P 8,500 A 14.075
Class A Common Stock 12/28/98 P 51,400 A 14.533
Class A Common Stock 12/29/98 P 29,900 A 14.602
Class A Common Stock 12/29/98 P 5,000 A 14.623
Class A Common Stock 12/30/98 P 32,000 A 14.900
Class A Common Stock 12/30/98 P 38,000 A 14.817
Class A Common Stock 12/31/98 P 87,200 A 15.340 3,012,800* I Managed
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (9-96)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex-
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date
Price of posed of (D)
Deriv- (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/Day/
ative Day/ Year)
Security Year)
Date Expira-
Code (A) (D) Exer- tion
cisable Date
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7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
Underlying Securities Deriv of Deriv- ship ture
ative ative Form of In-
(Instr. 3 and 4) Secur- Secur- of De- direct
ity ities rivative Bene-
(Instr. Bene Secu- ficial
5) ficially rity: Own-
Owned Direct ership
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Amount or of Indi-
Title Number of Month rect (I)
Shares (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
* The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except
to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
J.J. CRAMER & CO.
/s/ James J. Cramer 1/25/99
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Name: James J. Cramer
Title: President
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